title: Child pedestrian casualties and deprivation.
abstract: The existence of an association between child pedestrian accidents and socio-economic deprivation in Great Britain is well established. The factors driving this association are complex and difficult to isolate. This study uses accident prediction models to investigate the links between child pedestrian casualties and a range of environmental and socio-economic factors commonly linked to deprived areas and people. Separate models are constructed relating to the areas in which the children become casualties, and the areas in which the children reside. Significant socio-economic factors include: single-parenthood, reliance on income support, and crime; and environmental factors include domestic garden area, junction density and pedestrian and vehicular flow density. The study found that factors pertaining to the local environment were more prevalent in the models considering accident locations, whilst socio-economic factors were of greater influence in the residency model.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, 34-40 University Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maher
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012449:Safety; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality*